After several months of trade deficits, Viet Nam's trade balance returned to surplus in September. But will stronger export growth be enough to establish a new trend, or is this merely a temporary respite before a larger wave of trade deficits?

In his explanatory remarks regarding the bill amending and supplementing the Law on Customs at the first extraordinary session of the 16th National Assembly, Minister of Finance Ngo Van Tuan affirmed the goal of shifting from a management-oriented mindset to a service-oriented one. He emphasised reducing costs for citizens and businesses, accelerating administrative procedure reform, and developing digital and smart customs systems.

The sum consists of 122.93 billion USD in exports and 126.57 in imports, respectively increasing 19.1% and 27%.